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No. 624,962. Patentd May 16, I899.

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(Application filed July 13, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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ALFRED N. NORTON, OFST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TOlY.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,962, dated May 16,1899.

Application filed July 13, 1893. Serial No- 6B5,864. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED N. NORTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in Toys; and I do declare the following to bea full,

clear, and. exact description of the invention,-

such as will enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in-a toy; and it consists in thespecific details of construction and combination of parts,as will bemore fully hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

The object of this invention is to construct a toy composed of two diskssuitably connected together by spindles, and when rolled along the flooror some flat surface the tendency of the elastic material and weightcontained therein will cause said toy to return to the operator.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a scctional view of the device,taken through the disks, showing the Weight and elastic material towhich said weight is secured. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through thespindles, showing the manner in which the weight is secured to theelastic material.

In the drawings, 1 indicates my complete invention,which consists ofdisks 2 and 3, secured to or connected to each other by spindles 4c inany suitable manner. To the center of said disks, at their inner sides,are se cured screw hooks or staples 5, to which are held rubber strandsor other elastic material 6, the purpose of which will be hereinafterset forth. To the rubber strands is secured an arm 7, which is providedin its extreme end with two slots 8, which form three parallel fingers8' 8 8 the central one of which stands between and the outer ones ofwhich pass astride the rubber strands 6 when in position. The finger 8'is provided near its end with a threaded aperture 8 and the fingers 8-and 8 are provided with smooth aperturesregistering therewith. 9 is aheaded screw or belt which passes through the smooth apertures in thefingers 8 8 and engages the threaded aperture 8 in the finger 8. Inorder to apply the weighted lever 7, the two strands of elastic material6 are inserted in the slots 8 8, astride' the intermediate finger 8 Thescrew 9 is then passed through the smooth apertures until its threadedend engages the threaded aperture in the finger S, and by tighteningthis screw the fingers are approximated until they clamp the strands 6,thereby holding the lever securely in posi tion. 7 When the tension ortorsion is relieved by the untwisting of the rubber, it will not bethrown or jarred out of position. If the weighted arm or lever shouldslip along the rubber to one end thereof, it will be clear that theelastic fabric would be unevenly twisted in the rolling of the toy andthe device would not operate as desired, and I overcome this danger inthe manner above described. Moreover, the slotting of the end of theweighted arm permits the insertion of the rubber strands after they havebeen attached to the disks and necessarily avoids the necessity forthreading them through holes in the arm, as was hitherto common indevices of this same general character.

To the other end of the arm 7 is secured a ball 10, which is of anyheavy material, de* signed to weight said arm, keeping it in a verticalposition While said device is in a rolling position, thus windingtogether the elastic strands to which said arm is secured.

When the device is rolled upon the floor or other fiat surface, the ballhangs in a downward position, winding the elastic strands while thedevice is in motion. As soon as the device ceases rolling, the tensionof said wound elastic and ball reacts upon the device, causing it toroll backward, or, in other words, return to the operator.

The device is made cheaply and is very simple and operates perfectly, asbefore stated.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isp 1. In a toy, the combinationwith a bodyconsisting of two disks connected by spindles remote from their axialcenters, hooks secured to the inner faces of the disks at centralpoints,

and elastic strands connecting said hooks; of 1 three fingers thecentral one of which stands bet-ween and the outer ones pass over thestrands, and means for approximating said fingers for clamping this endof the lever on the strands, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toy, the combination with two connected disks, and elasticstrands extending between them at their axis; of a weighted 1everprovided at one end with three parallel fingers embracing the strands,one outermost of said fingers having a threaded aperture and the otherssmooth registering apertures,and a headed screw passing through thesmooth apertures and engaging the threaded aperture, as and for thepurpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED N. NORTON. Witnesses:

R0131. S. OBRIEN, CoRA SMITH.

